New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- Summary Dozens of Jenu Kuruba families have returned to ancestral forest lands in Nagarahole, sparking clashes with Karnataka's forest department.

The group, classified as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), will lead a two-day protest on August 9 with support from Adivasi collectives and civil society.

Protesters accuse forest authorities of eviction, intimidation, and wildlife tourism in areas from which they are being forcibly removed.

They demand recognition of forest rights under the Forest Rights Act and an end to surveillance, displacement, and ecological destruction for commercial gain.

Adivasi and Indigenous communities in Karnataka are set to launch a major protest against the forest departmen...